Barrel



;(No Model.)

I. J. W. ADAMS.

BARREL. No. 397,325. Patented Feb. 5, 1889.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ISAAC J. w. ADAMS, or LAUREL, DELAWARE.

BARREL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 397,325, dated February 5, 1889.

Application filed December 8, 1888- Serial No. 292,974. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ISAAC J. W. ADAMS, of Laurel, in the county of Sussex and State of Delaware, have invented a new and Improved Barrel, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to the manufacture of barrels, the object of the invention being to construct a barrel that shall be strong and durable, but one wherein the material carried by the barrel will be thoroughly Ventilated.

To the end named the invention consists of a barrel formed of two or more layers or thicknesses of splints crossing each other diagonally, said splints being securely nailed to each other and to the supporting-hoops, all as will be hereinafter more fully explained, and specifically pointed out in the claim.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar figures of reference indicate corresponding parts in both views.

Figure 1 is a side view of a barrel constructed in accordance with the terms of my invention, some of the splints being broken out; and Fig' 2 is a sectional view of a portion of the barrel, the view being taken on line a: :0 of Fig. 1.

In the drawings above referred to, 10 10 represent splints which form the outer layer, and 11 11 splints forming the inner layer, the splints 11 and l0crossing each other diagonally, and being nailed securely together and to outer hoops, 12, as many of these hoops 12 being employed as may be deemed necessary or advisable.

. The head and bottom of the barrel may-be put in in any desired manner.

Such a barrel as the one above described is strong and durable, and provides for the thorough ventilation of any material which may be placed therein.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to Secure by Letters Patent As a new article of manufacture, a barrel made up of supporting-hoops and outer and inner sets of splints, said splints crossing each other diagonally, and being nailed to each other and to the supporting-hoops, substantially as described.

ISAAC J. \V. ADAMS.

\Vitnesses:

ISAAC E. HEARN, WILLIAM S. VAUGHAN. 

